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Islamabad The world urgently needs to change the way it prescribes and uses antibiotics, which are in danger of losing their effectiveness due to misuse and overuse, warns the World Health Organsiation (WHO). Taking antibiotics when you don’t need them speeds up antibiotic resistant infections that are more complex to treat. As such, antibiotics aren't always the answer and it...

NORTHERN MICHIGAN — Local health departments are part of a national effort to curb bacteria’s resistance to antibiotics, according to new Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) data. The CDC recently published new information breaking down each state’s investments toward facing antibiotic resistance (AR) showing Michigan spent roughly $3.2 million — $300,974 of that...

Print 16 November 2015  A recent multi-country survey revealed that people are confused about the rising threat of antibiotic resistance to public health and are unclear about how to prevent it from growing, World Health Organization (WHO) said today at the launch of a global campaign at the initiation of the first World Antibiotic Awareness Week. The campaign, ‘Antibiotics:...

Nov 17, Geneva: A recent multi-country survey revealed that people are confused about the rising threat of antibiotic resistance to public health and are unclear about how to prevent it from growing, World Health Organization (WHO) said at the launch of a global campaign at the initiation of the first World Antibiotic Awareness Week. The campaign, ‘Antibiotics: Handle with...

The Virus That Kills Drug-Resistant Superbugs

The Virus That Kills Drug-Resistant Superbugs

Antibiotic-resistant bacteria kill 23,000 people every year in the United States, and the United Nations estimates that by 2050, more people will die from antibiotic-resistant infections than currently die from cancer.
Discovered 100 years ago, bacteriophages—viruses that eat bacteria—might provide an answer. But phage therapy has only been approved for use on humans in the former Soviet Union. Motherboard travels to Georgia to meet the doctors using phage therapy today, and meets with the American scientists trying to normalize phage therapy in the United States.
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The Virus That Kills Drug-Resistant Superbugs

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Antibiotic-resistant bacteria kill 23,000 people every year in the United States, and the United Nations estimates that by 2050, more people will die from antibiotic-resistant infections than currently die from cancer.
Discovered 100 years ago, bacteriophages—viruses that eat bacteria—might provide an answer. But phage therapy has only been approved for use on humans in the former Soviet Union. Motherboard travels to Georgia to meet the doctors using phage therapy today, and meets with the American scientists trying to normalize phage therapy in the United States.
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Phage Therapy: An Effective Alternative to Antibiotics?

Phage Therapy: An Effective Alternative to Antibiotics?

With the rise of antibiotic resistance more people are looking for alternative, effective treatments for their infections. Could Bacteriophages provide a safe solution to a growing problem?Subscribe to Journeyman here: http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=journeymanpictures
Bacteriophages are viruses developed to target specific bacteria. The Eliava Institute in Georgia is the world leader in phage production. Patients travel from all around the world for treatment. \"Symptomatically I am 50% better than when I started\", says Pranav Johri, from India. Institute director Dr Kutateladze says resistance is not an issue. \"Bacteria and phages are natural enemies, and so evolve together, reducing the chance of resistance developing.\"
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The Rise Of Superbugs Resistant To Antibiotics
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Pig MRSA Superbug Spreading To Humans Through Pork
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Phage Therapy: An Effective Alternative to Antibiotics?

published:24 Apr 2017

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With the rise of antibiotic resistance more people are looking for alternative, effective treatments for their infections. Could Bacteriophages provide a safe solution to a growing problem?Subscribe to Journeyman here: http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=journeymanpictures
Bacteriophages are viruses developed to target specific bacteria. The Eliava Institute in Georgia is the world leader in phage production. Patients travel from all around the world for treatment. \"Symptomatically I am 50% better than when I started\", says Pranav Johri, from India. Institute director Dr Kutateladze says resistance is not an issue. \"Bacteria and phages are natural enemies, and so evolve together, reducing the chance of resistance developing.\"
For similar stories, see:
The Rise Of Superbugs Resistant To Antibiotics
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cQoTlmB-p2Y&list=PLlGSlkijht5i004DBXtDCpoppiYr-cBb-
Pig MRSA Superbug Spreading To Humans Through Pork
https://youtu.be/5yliq7ogwgA
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Heather Hendrickson is a Phage Hunter and an Evolutionary Biologist.
In a world where bacteria are increasingly resistant to antibiotics and with that the potentially fatal consequences of being able to treat illness sucessfully; the discovery of novel Bacteriaphages, bacteria\'s million year old adversary, could assist wiht the development of therapies to control life threatening bacteria.
Heather is an evolutionary biologist today, but as a child she thought differently. Going to university changed her perspective and she now teaches and conducts her research in the microscopic realm.
Heather investigates bacterial genomes to understand how they evolve and exchange information, a process known as Horizontal Gene Transfer. She also hunts for novel Bacteriaphages to isolate and study; to assist with the continuing pursuit of finding alternative treatments to bacterial diseases.
This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at http://ted.com/tedx...

Heather Hendrickson is a Phage Hunter and an Evolutionary Biologist.
In a world where bacteria are increasingly resistant to antibiotics and with that the potentially fatal consequences of being able to treat illness sucessfully; the discovery of novel Bacteriaphages, bacteria\'s million year old adversary, could assist wiht the development of therapies to control life threatening bacteria.
Heather is an evolutionary biologist today, but as a child she thought differently. Going to university changed her perspective and she now teaches and conducts her research in the microscopic realm.
Heather investigates bacterial genomes to understand how they evolve and exchange information, a process known as Horizontal Gene Transfer. She also hunts for novel Bacteriaphages to isolate and study; to assist with the continuing pursuit of finding alternative treatments to bacterial diseases.
This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at http://ted.com/tedx...

Paul E. Turner (Yale) 3: Phage Therapy

Paul E. Turner (Yale) 3: Phage Therapy

Part 1: Introduction to Virus Ecology and Evolution: Dr. Paul Turner describes the fundamental biology of viruses, how they interact with their host organisms, and how they might have originally evolved long ago.
Part 2: Virus Adaptation to Environmental Change: Turner’s laboratory uses experimental evolution to study how viruses adapt to environmental changes.
Part 3: Phage Therapy: Turner provides an introduction to phage therapy, and how it can be improved by applying ‘evolution thinking’.
https://www.ibiology.org/ibioseminars/phage-therapy.html
Talk Overview:
In his first lecture, Dr. Paul Turner describes the fundamental biology of viruses, how they interact with their host organisms, and how they might have originally evolved long ago. He provides an overview of the many reasons why viruses might be considered the most biologically successful inhabitants of earth, including their ability to rapidly reproduce, and adapt to environmental challenges. Turner explains how viruses have impacted human history, as well as earth’s history, due to their prevalent interactions with other species.
Viruses have an incredible capacity to adapt to environmental challenges, but sometimes, the environment constraints viral adaptation. Turner’s laboratory uses experimental evolution to study how viruses adapt to environmental changes (e.g. temperature changes), and the mechanisms by which viruses jump to novel host species. Turner’s work suggests that viruses with greater capacities to block the innate immune systems of their hosts, also have a greater likelihood of emer...

Paul E. Turner (Yale) 3: Phage Therapy

published:28 Jun 2017

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Part 1: Introduction to Virus Ecology and Evolution: Dr. Paul Turner describes the fundamental biology of viruses, how they interact with their host organisms, and how they might have originally evolved long ago.
Part 2: Virus Adaptation to Environmental Change: Turner’s laboratory uses experimental evolution to study how viruses adapt to environmental changes.
Part 3: Phage Therapy: Turner provides an introduction to phage therapy, and how it can be improved by applying ‘evolution thinking’.
https://www.ibiology.org/ibioseminars/phage-therapy.html
Talk Overview:
In his first lecture, Dr. Paul Turner describes the fundamental biology of viruses, how they interact with their host organisms, and how they might have originally evolved long ago. He provides an overview of the many reasons why viruses might be considered the most biologically successful inhabitants of earth, including their ability to rapidly reproduce, and adapt to environmental challenges. Turner explains how viruses have impacted human history, as well as earth’s history, due to their prevalent interactions with other species.
Viruses have an incredible capacity to adapt to environmental challenges, but sometimes, the environment constraints viral adaptation. Turner’s laboratory uses experimental evolution to study how viruses adapt to environmental changes (e.g. temperature changes), and the mechanisms by which viruses jump to novel host species. Turner’s work suggests that viruses with greater capacities to block the innate immune systems of their hosts, also have a greater likelihood of emer...

The Secret Soviet Virus That Helps Kill Bacteria

The Secret Soviet Virus That Helps Kill Bacteria

Antibiotic resistance is threatening to render antibiotics useless, but scientists may have found their answer in bacteria-eating viruses.
Can We Create New Humans With Bacteria? - https://youtu.be/F3LAZ6DHqwg
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The viruses that may save humanity
http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20161115-the-viruses-that-may-save-humanity
\"A new approach to treating infection cannot come fast enough. For decades, we have relied on antibiotic drugs such as penicillin. Unless you were particularly young, elderly, or physically weak, you didn\'t need to fear cuts, bruises, or basic operations. But as these drugs became more and more widespread, bacteria began to evolve new defences against these drugs - and the consequences have become alarming.\"
Remember Life Before Antibiotics? No? Wait, It\'ll Come to You
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-05-02/remember-life-before-antibiotics-no-wait-it-ll-come-to-you.html
\"After a century of gains in the war against infectious diseases, we\'re losing ground. Common bacteria, parasites, viruses and fungi are developing widespread immunity to some of our best weapons. Imagine a world where an uber-resistant staph infection could mean death by a paper cut.\"
Phage Renaissance: New Hope against Antibiotic Resistance
http://ehp.niehs.nih.gov/121-a48/
\"Researchers, too, are looking back to the pre-antibiotic era, but with the goal of resurrecting phages as antidotes for antibiotic resistance and solving medical, agricultural, and environmental problems.\"
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The Secret Soviet Virus That Helps Kill Bacteria

published:11 Dec 2016

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Antibiotic resistance is threatening to render antibiotics useless, but scientists may have found their answer in bacteria-eating viruses.
Can We Create New Humans With Bacteria? - https://youtu.be/F3LAZ6DHqwg
Sign Up For The Seeker Newsletter Here - http://bit.ly/1UO1PxI
Read More:
The viruses that may save humanity
http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20161115-the-viruses-that-may-save-humanity
\"A new approach to treating infection cannot come fast enough. For decades, we have relied on antibiotic drugs such as penicillin. Unless you were particularly young, elderly, or physically weak, you didn\'t need to fear cuts, bruises, or basic operations. But as these drugs became more and more widespread, bacteria began to evolve new defences against these drugs - and the consequences have become alarming.\"
Remember Life Before Antibiotics? No? Wait, It\'ll Come to You
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-05-02/remember-life-before-antibiotics-no-wait-it-ll-come-to-you.html
\"After a century of gains in the war against infectious diseases, we\'re losing ground. Common bacteria, parasites, viruses and fungi are developing widespread immunity to some of our best weapons. Imagine a world where an uber-resistant staph infection could mean death by a paper cut.\"
Phage Renaissance: New Hope against Antibiotic Resistance
http://ehp.niehs.nih.gov/121-a48/
\"Researchers, too, are looking back to the pre-antibiotic era, but with the goal of resurrecting phages as antidotes for antibiotic resistance and solving medical, agricultural, and environmental problems.\"
______________...

Phage Treatment Saves A Life

Phage Treatment Saves A Life

Scientists and physicians at University of California San Diego School of Medicine, working with colleagues at the U.S. Navy Medical Research Center (NMRC), Texas A&M University, a San Diego-based biotech and elsewhere, have successfully used an experimental therapy involving bacteriophages — viruses that target and consume specific strains of bacteria — to treat a patient near death from a multidrug-resistant bacterium.
Learn more about Bacteriophage Therapy at UC San Diego Health: https://health.ucsd.edu/news/phage-therapy/Pages/default.aspx...

Phage Treatment Saves A Life

published:25 Apr 2017

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Scientists and physicians at University of California San Diego School of Medicine, working with colleagues at the U.S. Navy Medical Research Center (NMRC), Texas A&M University, a San Diego-based biotech and elsewhere, have successfully used an experimental therapy involving bacteriophages — viruses that target and consume specific strains of bacteria — to treat a patient near death from a multidrug-resistant bacterium.
Learn more about Bacteriophage Therapy at UC San Diego Health: https://health.ucsd.edu/news/phage-therapy/Pages/default.aspx...

Phage Therapy

Phage Therapy

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Phage Therapy

published:21 Sep 2015

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A video showing how Bacteriophages work.-- Created using PowToon -- Free sign up at http://www.powtoon.com/youtube/ -- Create animated videos and animated presentations for free. PowToon is a free tool that allows you to develop cool animated clips and animated presentations for your website, office meeting, sales pitch, nonprofit fundraiser, product launch, video resume, or anything else you could use an animated explainer video. PowToon\'s animation templates help you create animated presentations and animated explainer videos from scratch. Anyone can produce awesome animations quickly with PowToon, without the cost or hassle other professional animation services require....

Tom Patterson was dying from a superbug infection and all antibiotics had failed. Find out how his wife, Dr. Steffanie Strathdee, saved his life from the terrible antibiotic-resistant infection by utilizing
bacteriophages, viruses found in sewage. This gut wrenching story is one of undying love and perseverance, and a forgotten, seemingly miraculous cure hat may help overturn the global antimicrobial resistance crisis. You don\'t want to miss Steffanie\'s TEDxNashville talk. Watch this video now to hear her tell their story.
Dr. Strathdee is an infectious disease epidemiologist who received her
doctoral training at the University of Toronto. She is renowned for her
research on the intersection of HIV and drug use, having generated 500 scholarly publications. She is Associate Dean of Global Health Sciences and Harold Simon Professor of Medicine at the University of California San Diego where she directs a campus-wide Global Health Institute.She is married to Thomas L. Patterson, Professor of Psychiatry at UC San Diego, where they co-direct a research and training program on the Mexico-US border. Strathdee was recently credited with saving her husband\'s life from a deadly superbug infection using bacteriophages –viruses that attack
bacteria. The case, which involved cooperation from three universities, the U.S. Navy and researchers across the globe, shows how phage therapy is a future weapon against multi-drug resistant bacterial infections which are expected to kill 10 million people per year by 2050.
This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but in...

Tom Patterson was dying from a superbug infection and all antibiotics had failed. Find out how his wife, Dr. Steffanie Strathdee, saved his life from the terrible antibiotic-resistant infection by utilizing
bacteriophages, viruses found in sewage. This gut wrenching story is one of undying love and perseverance, and a forgotten, seemingly miraculous cure hat may help overturn the global antimicrobial resistance crisis. You don\'t want to miss Steffanie\'s TEDxNashville talk. Watch this video now to hear her tell their story.
Dr. Strathdee is an infectious disease epidemiologist who received her
doctoral training at the University of Toronto. She is renowned for her
research on the intersection of HIV and drug use, having generated 500 scholarly publications. She is Associate Dean of Global Health Sciences and Harold Simon Professor of Medicine at the University of California San Diego where she directs a campus-wide Global Health Institute.She is married to Thomas L. Patterson, Professor of Psychiatry at UC San Diego, where they co-direct a research and training program on the Mexico-US border. Strathdee was recently credited with saving her husband\'s life from a deadly superbug infection using bacteriophages –viruses that attack
bacteria. The case, which involved cooperation from three universities, the U.S. Navy and researchers across the globe, shows how phage therapy is a future weapon against multi-drug resistant bacterial infections which are expected to kill 10 million people per year by 2050.
This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but in...

Sci21 Speaker Dr Heather Hendrickson, Massey University
One of the key science questions of our time is how to beat bacteria in an age where antibiotics are no longer effective. Much like the \"peak oil\" crisis, the \"peak antibiotic\" point has likely transpired. As a society, we are now faced with a future where we need to reconsider they ways in which we are using antibiotics and invest in alternatives to this precious and dwindling resource.
The outlook is both good and bad. The bad news is we can\'t beat them. Bacteria have evolutionary mechanisms that far outstrip our ability to pace them and they are incredibly numerous. The good news is that beating bacteria is not our only option. Bacteriophages are the most numerous entities on the planet and they are the natural parasites of bacteria. I work with graduate and undergraduate students to discover novel bacteriophages that have the potential to kill bacterial pathogens that have become resistant to antibiotics. In the future these tiny entities might be added to western medicine’s arsenal in the fight against antibiotic resistant super bugs.
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Presented by: Dr Heather Hendrickson
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Sci21 Speaker Dr Heather Hendrickson, Massey University
One of the key science questions of our time is how to beat bacteria in an age where antibiotics are no longer effective. Much like the \"peak oil\" crisis, the \"peak antibiotic\" point has likely transpired. As a society, we are now faced with a future where we need to reconsider they ways in which we are using antibiotics and invest in alternatives to this precious and dwindling resource.
The outlook is both good and bad. The bad news is we can\'t beat them. Bacteria have evolutionary mechanisms that far outstrip our ability to pace them and they are incredibly numerous. The good news is that beating bacteria is not our only option. Bacteriophages are the most numerous entities on the planet and they are the natural parasites of bacteria. I work with graduate and undergraduate students to discover novel bacteriophages that have the potential to kill bacterial pathogens that have become resistant to antibiotics. In the future these tiny entities might be added to western medicine’s arsenal in the fight against antibiotic resistant super bugs.
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Presented by: Dr Heather Hendrickson
http://sci21.co.nz/speakers/heather_hendrickson/
http://www.massey.ac.nz/massey/expertise/profile.cfm?stref=953250
http://microbialevolution.massey.ac.nz
twitter: @DrHHNZ
https://thismicrobiallife.wordpress.com/author/drhhnz/
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The Falling Walls Lab is an international forum for emerging talents and innovative thinkers. All participants get the opportunity to present their research work, business model or initiative in front of peers and a distinguished jury made up of experts from academia and industry - in 3 minutes each
For more information please visit falling-walls.com/lab...

The Falling Walls Lab is an international forum for emerging talents and innovative thinkers. All participants get the opportunity to present their research work, business model or initiative in front of peers and a distinguished jury made up of experts from academia and industry - in 3 minutes each
For more information please visit falling-walls.com/lab...

Antibiotic-resistant bacteria kill 23,000 people every year in the United States, and the United Nations estimates that by 2050, more people will die from antibiotic-resistant infections than currently die from cancer.
Discovered 100 years ago, bacteriophages—viruses that eat bacteria—might provide

With the rise of antibiotic resistance more people are looking for alternative, effective treatments for their infections. Could Bacteriophages provide a safe solution to a growing problem?Subscribe to Journeyman here: http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=journeymanpictures
Bacteriop

Heather Hendrickson is a Phage Hunter and an Evolutionary Biologist.
In a world where bacteria are increasingly resistant to antibiotics and with that the potentially fatal consequences of being able to treat illness sucessfully; the discovery of novel Bacteriaphages, bacteria\'s million year old

Part 1: Introduction to Virus Ecology and Evolution: Dr. Paul Turner describes the fundamental biology of viruses, how they interact with their host organisms, and how they might have originally evolved long ago.
Part 2: Virus Adaptation to Environmental Change: Turner’s laboratory uses experiment

Antibiotic resistance is threatening to render antibiotics useless, but scientists may have found their answer in bacteria-eating viruses.
Can We Create New Humans With Bacteria? - https://youtu.be/F3LAZ6DHqwg
Sign Up For The Seeker Newsletter Here - http://bit.ly/1UO1PxI
Read More:
The vi

Scientists and physicians at University of California San Diego School of Medicine, working with colleagues at the U.S. Navy Medical Research Center (NMRC), Texas A&M University, a San Diego-based biotech and elsewhere, have successfully used an experimental therapy involving bacteriophages — viruse

A video showing how Bacteriophages work.-- Created using PowToon -- Free sign up at http://www.powtoon.com/youtube/ -- Create animated videos and animated presentations for free. PowToon is a free tool that allows you to develop cool animated clips and animated presentations for your website, offic

Tom Patterson was dying from a superbug infection and all antibiotics had failed. Find out how his wife, Dr. Steffanie Strathdee, saved his life from the terrible antibiotic-resistant infection by utilizing
bacteriophages, viruses found in sewage. This gut wrenching story is one of undying love and

Sci21 Speaker Dr Heather Hendrickson, Massey University
One of the key science questions of our time is how to beat bacteria in an age where antibiotics are no longer effective. Much like the \"peak oil\" crisis, the \"peak antibiotic\" point has likely transpired. As a society, we are now faced with a

Bacteriophages are viruses that infect bacteria cells, and they are the most abundant biological entities on the planet, estimate at 10^31 in population. I have had the pleasure of working with and researching these phages, and have discovered 3 novel phages on my own. They\'re great for learning abo

The Falling Walls Lab is an international forum for emerging talents and innovative thinkers. All participants get the opportunity to present their research work, business model or initiative in front of peers and a distinguished jury made up of experts from academia and industry - in 3 minutes each

Scientist, diplomat and politician Revaz Adamia describes the use of Bacteriophages in medicine and his institute\'s journey through the Soviet collapse to the present.
Revaz Adamia is the Director of the G.Eliava Institute of Bacteriophages, Microbiology and Virology, where he first started working

This 11 minute film is excerpted from an interview with Dr. Tim Lu, who is an expert in characterizing & eliminating biofilms with phage therapy. He offers some insightful ways to describe complex biofilms and their connection to antibiotic resistance.
Interview excerpts & videos with Bacterial Bi